Page 152 of The Forever Play

“What, you not gonna shower, you disgusting douchenozzle?” Grady calls after him.

He turns with a smirk and raises both middle fingers. “Chicks like me sweaty.”

I roll my eyes while Wily shouts after him, “You smell like ass!”

“Shower in a can, dickheads!” he calls over his shoulder before disappearing from view.

Tyrell laughs, grabbing a towel and heading for the showers.

I’m about to do the same when my phone starts ringing. Pulling it out of my bag, I check the screen and grin.

Wily notices and nudges me with a laugh while Grady lightly punches my shoulder, obviously happy for me. The guy has always been a romantic.

“Hey, Sparks.”

“Zander! He’s taken Zoey. Shit! I don’t know where she is or what he’s doing with her. Shit, shit, shit!” Words punch out of her like sobs, and I’m struggling to register what she’s saying.

I blink and press the phone closer to my ear. “Sienna, what? Who’s got Zoey?”

“Russell! He picked her up from Mrs. Ward’s place before I got there. I tried calling him to ask where she is, and he says he won’t give her back to me unless I dump you and be with him. He’s fucking psycho!” Sienna letsout another sob while I gape at the wall, trying to comprehend this shit.

A raging hot fury swirls through me like a tornado, and the first thing to pop out is a low growl. I am going to kill that fucker. If he’s scared my daughter…

My guts start to boil.

He’s fucking scaring my woman, and that’s enough for me to issue a “Your Life is Over” warrant.

“I don’t know how to find him,” Sienna whimpers. “And he said if I call the police, he’ll take Zoey away and I’ll never see her again.”

“Dude, is everything okay?” Grady leans in, catching my eye.

I clench my jaw, shaking my head and gritting out a soft. “Sienna, where are you, baby?”

“Ummm… I’m on, um… the road with the pet store on the corner and that diner that makes the amazing milkshakes. You know the one?”

“Yeah, yeah. Okay. I’m gonna come and get you, and we’ll figure this out together. We’ll find her, okay? I promise you. We’re getting her back.”

“He’s lost his mind,” Sienna’s whispering on repeat. “He’s lost his fucking mind.”

“It’s gonna be okay.”

Fuck, those words feel so useless and empty.

What I really mean is itbetterbe okay, orI’mthe one who’ll be losing his fucking mind!

“Zander?” Grady’s right in my grill as I hang up and snatch my bag off the hook. “What the fuck, man?”

“Russell’s taken Zoey. Sienna’s freaking out, and I’ve got to go be with her.”

“What do you mean, he’s taken her?” Wily barks, snatching my arm before I can leave.

I shake him off and growl, “It means he’s taken her without Sienna’s permission, and he won’t fucking tell her where she is!”

My voice cuts across the conversations in the locker room, and soon every head is turned my direction. I don’t know if everybody heard me, but I figure, what the fuck… I could use the help.

“My daughter’s missing!” I flick my hands up. “She’s been taken by Russell Fisher. He’s the assistant coach for the hockey team, and I need to find her. Fast.”

“Start at the arena,” someone suggests.

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